Cascadia Journal
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This story at @columbiainsight.bsky.social is bonkers. DOE has awarded $2 billion to 2 firms (including one connected to Peter Thiel) to start enriching uranium in a derelict building at Hanford, North America's most toxic waste site. columbiainsight.org/the-return-o...
#Cascadia Day is just a few days away! Seattle friends, come celebrate with a lively poetry reading at Vermillion on Capitol Hill at 7 pm Monday May 18. It's free, but we'll be raising money Migrant Survival Fund & KOI, an org that supports trans people who've fled other states for Washington.
In today's news from across #Cascadia, famed climber Jim Whittaker dies, another lawsuit challenges WA millionaires tax, OR holds public meetings on logging when feds fail to, and standing up for a neglected future light rail station in Seattle: www.cascadia-journal.com/cascadia-tod...
A new study from the UW Center for Human Rights shows a steep increases in ICE & CBP abductions in Oregon and Washington. jsis.washington.edu/humanrights/...
According to the WEA tracker the debate has just about hit the 20 hour mark 🤪
You don't actually have to hand it to Republicans for standing up for millionaires for fourteen hours in Olympia. They still haven't allowed a vote on the tax this morning. The Democratic NO votes are very feisty.
Rep Joe Schmick is talking about "rectifying this" and I am alarmed.
I am fascinated with a legislator eating snacks as legislators debate free lunches and a Republican amendment that duplicates Democrats' dedicated amount in the budget for free school lunches. *nodding off*
Jim Walsh, wearing a sweater the color of Heinz mustard, is talking about Bracket Creep
Am I live skeeting the endless debate on the millionaires' tax that Republicans are waging at the moment in the #waleg? I guess I am, for a least a few minutes...
So many folks braved the cold, Cascadia rain at the Women's March in Seattle today! ✊
Portland-based architecture firm ZGF agreed to a $100 million contract to design the new ICE & DHS headquarters in Washington DC. Seems like a good reason to avoid doing business with them in future. meltoregon.noblogs.org/zgf-architec...
I was today years old when I learned there's an Anarchist Protected Area in British Columbia just east of Osoyoos. 👀
Shoutout to @ocppnews.bsky.social for info on Oregon's "kicker," which has cost the state budget $11 billion over a decade, most of it refunded to the wealthy.
We'll be in Olympia tomorrow, January 26 at noon on the steps of the Washington state legislature building for this. Hope you'll join us. Bring your #Cascadia flag!
Looks like there's protest at 5 pm today, Jan 7 at the federal building in Seattle in reaction to the ICE murder in Minneapolis. I'll be there covering it. www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/co...
Volunteered today with Auburn Mutual Aid, providing families affected by flooding with food, diapers and other supplies. We can help our neighbors and build a resilient #Cascadia.
MUTUAL AID ALERT: Emergency food and essential supplies collection drive for those impacted by floods in Auburn. Seeking diapers, shelf stable food, blankets, gift cards & cleaning supplies. Drop off at Othello Safeway parking lot, Seattle. Sunday, December 21, 10 am- 1 pm, 3900 Othello St.
Katie Wilson now leads the race for Seattle mayor by... 91 votes. Amazing.
Today, Seattle and #Cascadia demonstrated that they can care for and protect our neighbors, even as the federal government ignores them and lets them go hungry. You braved the rain to donate 2,000 pounds - 1 ton - of food to food banks serving those at risk of losing SNAP benefits. Thank you! 💚🇱🇸
Just a reminder that rain or shine we'll be at Cal Anderson Park noon - 3pm for the SNAP to Action Food Drive. Food donations will be accepted, though monetary donations are preferred! Come join us! And if you'd like to volunteer, please message me on Signal at andyjourno.55. Thanks! ❤️
I'm at the Cascadia Innovation Corridor conference, where Pierce County executive Ryan Mello, former WA governor Chris Gregoire, and other regional leaders are talking about building a high speed rail network across #Cascadia. 🚄 Yes, please.